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Pope Francis Prays for ‘Martyred Syria’ on Eve of 10th Anniversary of War

Pope Francis prayed the Sunday Angelus and spoke from the window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square on Dec. 13, 2020.

Pope Francis prayed the Sunday Angelus and spoke from the window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square on Dec. 13, 2020.

Cardinal Mario Zenari, the Vatican’s diplomat in Syria for the past 13 years, has said that after nearly a decade of war, the Syrian people had now been hit with a “poverty bomb” amid the coronavirus pandemic.